Improvement in portable bathing-closets



L. W. FISKE. Portable Bathing-Closet.

No. 219,811. Patented Sept. 23, 1879'.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIcE.

LUGIUS FISKE, OF DARIEN, WISGONSIN.

IMPRDV EMENT lN PORTABLE BATHlNG-CLOSETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 219,811, dated September 23, 1879 application filed February 18, 1879.

To all whom it may concern.- v

Be it known thatI, LUCIUS WIGHT FISKE, of Darien, in the county of Walworth and Stateof Wisconsin, h'aveinvented a new and useful Improvement in'Porta-ble Bathing-Gloscts for Steam, Hot;Air-,'or Water Baths, of which the followingis a specification. The invention relates to portable bathingclosets provided with a pump and sprinklerand compartment for steam or hot-air baths and a separate compartment for the water.

Heretofore such closets have been stationary, and the means of providing the water and producing the shower-bath have beeniimperfect and inconvenient. Such closets, being stationary, have been confined mostly to central and expensive establishments, so that the masses of the people have been deprived in a great measure of the benefits to be derived from a free and general use of such baths.

The object of my invention is to provide a convenient portable bathing-closet with a suitable pump and shower-bath and a compartment for steam or hot-air baths.

The invention consists of a portable bathin g-closet provided with awater-compartment, a pump, and toot-leveroutsidc, and arr-additional'foot-lever-inside-the closet, for working the pump either from the inside or outside of the closet. i 1

It also consists in ayspriilg in connection with the foot-levers and pump, to be used in connection with. the portable closet.

It also consists'in aportable bathing-closet provided with a pump: and two foot-levers, one to be placed inside the closet and one outside, for Working the pump.

In the accompanying drawing, in. which similar letters of reference indicate like parts, the figure is a perspective of the device embodying my invention.

The portable closet vM is mounted on suitable rollers or caster-Wheels V V, for convenience in moving from place to place. It is also provided with a water-tight partition, R, which makes a reservoir for water, and also a hinged platform, L, for standing on while bathing.

The pump D is worked by the foot-lever K,

which is pivoted at P, and connected with the pump 1) by means of the upright rod B, and is provided with a spring, U, which serves to draw the pump-rod down after'being raised by the action of the foot upon the lever K or N. The foot-lever N is placed onrthejoutside of the closet M, in order that the pn'mpimay be worked by some one outsidewhilean invalid may be taking a bath. y y 1 A movable horizontal partition, H, is provided with an opening, G, and is designed to be used in taking or giving hot-airor steam baths, which is done-by placing the patient with his neck in the opening Gr and closing the door J, thus inclosing the body inan airtight compartment and leaving the head free in the open air. I The sprinkler F is attached to the pumpspout E for the purpose of producing the shower-bath.

The closet M is provided with suitable Wardrobe-hooks t t t. Part of them may be on the inside and part of them on the outside of the closet M. The closet M should be high enough to screen a grown person. fromview while bathing, and low and narrowienough to admit of being moved through ordinary doorways. The closet M is also provided with two doors, I and J, for convenience inentering and leaving the closet. y

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letter Patent, is-- 1. The combination of a portablefbathingcloset with a pump, a. foot-lever outside the closet, and an additional foot-lever inside the closet, and the water-compartment, R, substantially as described. a i o 2. The combination of a portable bathingcloset with the pump D, foot-levers K and N, and spring U, substantially as described.

3. The combination of a portablebathingcloset with a pump, a foot-lever inside the closet, and an additional foot-lever outside the closet for working the pump, substantially as described.

LUOIUS WIGHTTISKE. Witnesses:

HARVEY CONVERSE, H. V. DEARBORN. 

